Windows 10: Can't connect to WiFi, driver missing even after installing new one from Intel

Hello,I'm writing here after many days of trying to solve a problem that cropped up roughly 3 weeks ago. It's become so bad to the point of frustration; I cannot get anything done on my laptop that needs to be done online. I'd appreciate any and all help from tech experts and the community. THE PROBLEM Roughly 3 weeks ago, I noticed my laptop began randomly disconnecting from my home's WiFi. The problem would occur every 12-24 hours but became increasingly worse over time. It was every hour, then every 5-15 minutes. At first I learned to simply restart my laptop, which used to fix it instantly

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Missing WiFi tab

Hey Dhavelyn!

Here are answers to your questions.

• Do you remember making any software or hardware related changes to your device and router before this issue happened?

No, I didn't made any hardware changes nor did I installed any software.

• Were you able to connect to your other devices aside from the laptop?

Yes

• Are you getting any sort of error messages? If so, can you tell us these errors.

No, I am not getting any error messages.

• To make sure we haven't missed on anything, can you specify to us the troubleshooting steps that you have tried to resolve the issue?

I just did the Network Troubleshooting which shows no error but gives a message to 'Plug an Ethernet cable' (as only Ethernet is left under network connections tab).

I also tried uninstalling Wifi driver under device manager but there was no Wifi driver (Intel dualband 3160-AC). Then I downloaded the wifi driver but while installing it gives a message that 'This installation could not be made'. (I made sure that
the driver was compatible before installing)

I hope this information helps.

Thank you.

Update: When I turned ON my laptop today, I found that the WiFi came back under Network Connections but was disabled. So, I enabled it and then my WiFi was working fine. But when again I switched ON my laptop after few hours, the WiFi tab was missing.
I don't know how did this happened now and not before during previous startups of my system.

 

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Creators Build WiFi connection

Hi,

Since you've installed the Windows 10 Creators update, you should also update the WiFi adapter to resolve the issue. You may check for the latest driver of your WiFi adapter through Device Manager. To do so, please follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X, then select Device Manager.
  
• Under Device Manager, double-click Network adapters.
  
• Right-click on your wireless adapter, then click Properties.
  
• Under Properties, click Driver tab.
• Click Uninstall.
• Once you're done, click OK.
• Left-click on the wireless adapter to highlight it.
• Click Scan for hardware changes to search for the most updated driver for the device.

Feel free to post back with the result for further assistance.

I did that but no new driver was offered. I then went to the Intel site but it also didn't offer a new driver for their Centrino N-2230 WiFi card. This was a clean install of Creators Update so all the latest drivers should be installed.

But as I said, this seems to be an issue with Win 10 Creators Update's "automatically connect" feature,
not with the WiFi driver. As soon as I manually connect to my network, everything works ok. It should be connecting to the network automatically as soon as Win 10 finishes loading.

Windows is acting as though "automatically connect" is not checked for my network, even though there's a checkmark in that box when I open the list of available WiFi networks.